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Ideas for 'Thinking About Mathematics', 'Mere Possibilities' and 'On Relations of Universals and Particulars'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties

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Properties are modal, involving possible situations where they are exemplified [Stalnaker]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates

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I accept a hierarchy of properties of properties of properties [Stalnaker]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes

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Trope theorists cannot explain how tropes resemble each other [Russell, by Mumford]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / a. Dispositions

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Dispositions have modal properties, of which properties things would have counterfactually [Stalnaker]